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A Good Story

I LOVE a good story!  So much so, I get involved in a movie or TV series very deeply.  I will talk to the screen, saying something in response to something that was said in the movie. In TV series that I have loved, I start to feel as if I'm a part of the show. I can readily identify with the characters and even come to care about them.  And when a series comes to an end and I watch the final episode that will ever be made, I have often experienced a sense of loss, as if I have a good friend who left or passed away. Oh sure, I know that they aren't real, but to me, that is a sign of a "good" story.  One that pulls you into it; makes you readily identify with the characters and makes you feel that you are a part of the story.  THAT is a good story! The Gospel has been called "The Greatest Story Ever Told", but it is not just a story.  It is not a fictional account of something.  It is the actual telling of what Jesus came to the earth to do... to s...